Category: Nature

Nature

Lilac Glory

Lilac Glory
Catching the appropriate lighting at the right time can be all that is needed sometimes for a nice picture. This lilac bloom was just so appropriately lit in the morning light when I took it… and for just a transient two to three minutes! I metered the exposure on the flower, throwing the background lake into underexposure on purpose so that the flower stands out apart from the rest of the frame.

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Matchmade In Magenta

Matchmade In Magenta
A continuation of the Botanical Gardens series…

As I was busy composing my previous shot, Dad spotted this brightly coloured dragonfly perching on a water lily. A good thing about dragonflies — they tend to like posing still repeatedly on the same spot. I managed to squeeze off quite a number of pictures, refining the composition as I went along. This is one of those that I like (with the dragonfly pinsharp when I blow it up to 100% :)). I do have a portrait-orientated version of this with a different feel which I will post up within the next few posts.

Unity

United
At long last, I finally made a trip back to the Botanical Gardens this morning for a much longed-for photographic outing. The next few posts will feature some of the pictures (with the usual captions/titles courtesy of darling CY) I took during my short 2.5-hour session…

For this visit, my dad and I centered our photography around the Symphony Lake. With brilliant weather and lighting, there was just so much potential photographic material available to us. I came across this almost abstract and zen-like shot which was very helped by the interesting pattern of lines cast by the real and the reflected.